Improvement in seeding-machines



J. M. CARR.

Grain-Drill.

No. 58.214; Patented Sept. 25, 1866.

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IMPROVEMENT IN SEED ING-MACHINES, 800.

- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,214. datedSeptember 25, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. M. CARR, of Omaha city, in the county of Douglasand Territory of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Combinationof aSeedin g and Sod-(luttingMachine; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a side sectional view of myinvention, taken in the line a; at, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top viewof the same; Fig. 3, a de tached side view of the lower part of aswingin g frame pertaining to the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved combination of a scedingand sodcutting machine, as hereinafter fully shown and described,whereby seed may be sown and the sod out and the earth pulverized, sothat a fine pliable mold will cover the seed.

A represents a rectangular frame, to the front end of which adraft-pole, B, is attached. This frame is mounted on two wheels, 0 O,and a springbar, D, is attached to its rear end, on which the driversseat E is secured.

On the front part of the frame A there is secured a seed boX or hopper,F, the bottom a'of which is of curved form in its transverse section,the convexsurface being uppermost, and this bottom a is perforated withoblique slots, 11, shown clearly in Fig. 2. Underneath this curvedbottom a there is a cylinder, G,

' perforated with holes a, which serve as seedcells.

This cylinder G is rotated, as the machine is drawn along, by means of atoothed wheel,

II, on the axle d of the wheels 0 G, gearing into a pinion, e, at oneend of said cylinder.

I represents a frame composed of two parallel bars, f f, connected by atransverse rod, g, and having their upper ends connected to the axle dby metal straps h h, which admit of the frame I freely swinging on theaxle d v without interfering with the free rotation of the axle. Thelower ends of the .bars ff have each a small wheel, J, attached, theaxis of said wheels being secured to plates thaving oblong slots j inthem, through which slots screws 70 pass into the bars f f. By this modeof attachment the wheels J may be adjusted higher or lower, ascircumstances may require. In the lower part of the frame I there isfitted a cylinder, K, having knives or cuttersl attached to it in spiralrows, and in such a manner that they may berernoved and cutters ofdifferent forms applied, as the nature of the work may require. Thiscylinder K has a pinion, m, on one end of it, into which a wheel, L, ona shaft, a, gears, said shaft being fitted in the frame I, and alsohaving upon it a pinion, 0, into which the wheel H on the axle d gears.By means of this gearing the cylinder G will be rotated as the machineis drawn along, and the sods cut and the earth pulverized by the knivesor cutters l, the depth of the penetration of the latter beingregulated, as circumstances may require, by adjustment of the wheels JJ, and the cylinder G, it will be seen, will rise and fall to conform tothe irregularities of surface over which it may pass. The seed isdistributed or sown by the rotation of the cylinder G, the seed passingthrough the slots 6 in the bottom a of the box or hopper 1*, and intothe cells in cylinder Gr, from which they drop as the cells pass aroundunderneath the axis of said cylinder. The cylinder'G may be raised atany time above the surface of the ground by actuating a lever, At, on abar, a*, on the frame A, said lever being connected by a link, b withthe lower end of frame I.

I do not claim separately the seed-distribut ing device, for that hasbeen previously used; but

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Theswinging or adjustable frame I, attached to the axle d, as shown, andprovided with the cylinder K, having knives or cutters lattaehed, incombination with a seed-dropping Inechanism, all arranged and applied toa mounted frame, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination'with the above, the ad justable wheels J J, attachedto the lower end of the frame I, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

J AS. M. GARE. Witnesses:

WM. KELLOGG, Jr., LORIN MILLER.

